Nearly 6,000 Tamil refugees have been released from Sri Lanka's main camp for war-displaced people, officials say. It is the first time refugees have been allowed to return to areas formerly controlled by the Tamil Tigers. Those who left Menik Farm are among almost 40,000 people to be resettled over the next few weeks, officials say. It would be the largest single batch freed since the Tamil Tiger
It says that criminals have been following travellers from the airport and then robbing them when they get home. A foreign ministry spokesman, however, said that there was no prospect of mass evacuation and French expats were being urged to use commercial flights to leave, reports the Reuters news agency. Information Minister Justin Morel Junior said he no longer had the "moral strength to deliver
Guineans are observing a strike called by opposition groups to commemorate those who died when soldiers fired on an anti-government rally two weeks ago. Most shops, offices, markets and banks in the capital Conakry are closed and there are few cars on the streets. The head of the West African regional body Ecowas warned of the danger of a new dictatorship in Guinea, at the start of crisis talks in
Guinea's military government has announced it is setting up a commission to investigate the shooting of protesters in the capital last week. Its members are to be drawn from political parties, unions and civic organisations as well as the military. Human rights groups say 157 people were killed in the incident, while the government puts the figure at only 57. Opposition parties have rejected medit
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has accused Guinea's military leader of possibly ordering the shooting of protesters last week. Mr Kouchner said Capt Moussa Dadis Camara was "strongly suspected... to have participated in the decision" to launch the bloody crackdown in Conakry. Human rights groups say 157 people were killed in the incident, while the government puts the figure at only 57.
Thousands of people have gathered at a mosque in Guinea's capital, Conakry, to identify those killed in Monday's opposition rally against military rule. Security forces struggled to cope with the crowds, after 57 bodies were taken to the mosque from a hospital morgue and lined up under nearby trees. One of the opposition leaders beaten during the violence has arrived in Paris for hospital treatmen
The Iraqi journalist who threw a pair of shoes at President Bush at a news conference in Baghdad says he was tortured in jail. Muntadar al-Zaidi was released on Tuesday after serving nine months. The BBC's Hugh Sykes in Baghdad describes the day's unfolding events. After leaving prison, Muntadar al-Zaidi went straight to al Baghdadiya - the TV station he was working for at the news conference wher
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